Metals, Nonmetals, and Metalloids
The Periodic table can be divided into three categories, metals, nonmetals, and metalloids, that divide elements into groups with similar properties. It is important to have a good understanding of these three categories because they give a general overview of the properties of the elements on the periodic table.
Metals
Nonmetals
Metalloids
Metalloids are special because they have properties that are characteristic of both metals and nonmetals. Usually, metalloids share more characteristics with nonmetals than they do metals, but they can be made to act like and serve the same purpose as some metals.They are located just right of the middle of the periodic table in between the metals and the nonmetals.
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